Compare Lenin and Stalin.

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Introduction

Compare Lenin and Stalin. These two persons significantly changed Russian history in the first half XX century. Both of them were born in the same period of time (Lenin - 1870, Stalin - 1879), so they represented same age. Lenin was born in Simbirsk in middle class family (his father was a successful local government official) but Stalin was born in a lower class family (his parents were poor peasants) in Georgia. So their lives started totally different. Lenin with a bright future and Stalin with small chance to improve his life. Their early lives are similar. Both were kicked out of the university (college) ...read more.

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and the newspaper (Iskra). He worked more like a writer, less as a politician. Stalin was arrested 8 times, was exiled 7 times and escaped 6 times. Before the revolution Stalin played small role in Bolshevik party. Lenin actually was the leader of Bolsheviks. And because of him Social Democrats split in to Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. Lenin was an extraordinary person. He was very good public speaker and thinker. Also he knew what majority of Russian people wanted and he tried to give it for them (Piece, land, bread). Stalin was basically an ordinary person without any special skills. The main difference in their characters was that Lenin did not want to be seen as a great hero for Russian people but Stalin put himself like a God in Russia. ...read more.

Conclusion

Lenin wanted to spread communist revolution across the world (he organized the Comintern in 1919 to do this). Lenin introduced "The New Economic Policy", which allows some private ownership. Stalin was against NEP from the beginning, because he was afraid to lose his power. When Stalin gained power the first thing he did was to stop the NEP. In conclusion I want to say that Lenin and Stalin were completely different personalities and they tired to do different things. Also it is hard to compare them because Stalin ruled when Lenin was already died. Lenin created the Revolution and Communist Russia 1917-1923. Stalin played a small role in Revolution. His power grows from 1923. And Stalin just continued most of Lenin's ideas. ...read more.

Knox was then able to unite government and religion by launching a new system (Online: Lent, p. 5). Presbyterianism was introduced, which meant that the clergy no longer administered the church. Instead, local ministers of elected elders administer the church.

Finally, there was the inflation of the rouble, this also increased the popularity of the Bolshevik party. When Lenin lived in exile, in Serbia, he was unable to make the party exactly how he wanted it, but when Lenin arrived back in Russia in 1917, he made an immediately stir,

However, the revolution that was to follow achieved nothing for the Bolsheviks and if anything they lost supporters. Lenin had not yet prepared his party enough. In 1912 the Bolsheviks had a revival, but they could not possibly have done without Lenin's control.

Lenin was more morally acceptable than Stalin, causing far fewer deaths and he began to actually change Russia for the better before his death and Stalin taking power. A major difference in Lenin and Stalin's character was their pride, Lenin was willing to accept his unsuccessful policies, such as War

Stalin lacked of patience, loyalty, politness and he wasn�t consirate towards anyone except himself, although Lenin did obey some of this points he wasn�t rude and demonstrated in various ways that he had some manners, or at least he didn�t go insulting other people�s wifes and he also was a loyal man.